Facilitating “a little taste” of the peace-fostering Alternatives to Violence Project on Sunday afternoon at the Barnegat Friends Meeting House were state coordinator Eleanor Novek and volunteer Chad Dell, who had traveled from the Manasquan Quaker Meeting to present an overview of AVP, which began 50 years ago at Green Haven Correctional Facility in upstate New York.

Since then, the grassroots volunteer program has expanded its impact and advanced peacemaking attitudes through workshops in…